Council to watch environment

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32474, 8 December 1970, Page 2

Council to watch environment

INew Zealand. Prarw itswctatioiu WELLINGTON, December 7. A 15-member Environmental Council had been appointed and would hold its first meeting on December 11, the Prime Minister (Sir Keith Holyoake) announced today.

“•This council is one! of tire most important to be sat up after last year's National Development Conf a rente, and the Physae*! Environment Confesrenee held in Slay thisFyya.tr,” he said. “Oire.af the main jobs of the Envri wmental Council will ibteetoolbeep under review the attaint tent of a high quality o('itnvironment,” he saidTBe : cbainnaz of the new couacfllissMtr R K. Davison, Q. of Auck land. The okbet'lY tmanhers are: Mr HS.E H’ DAwnies, farmer, of ratotoa. Hawke's Bay; Dr C. te Htomtagg. pnlaeontologis t.of Wettinglian- Mr E. A. J. HoNHaraM-. depmty chairman, AuckSaadSßegsoin si Authority; Dr nj.lf Hennediy. DirectorGeneral: off HMUh. Wellington;.Mfr Jj ED Uanjs, Assistant Secretary.' too the- Treasury, Wetlingiwi; Rtofesisor R. G. Listen, professor- of geography University of Otago; Mr- Tv X Midfee;. managing director;. Liimet ami Marble, Ltdj. N&pua; Nelson; Mr C. N. MacKenzie. chairman, Waipxra County - Council, Nortlr Canterbury; Hr R. J. MacLachlan, Directon - General of Lands, Wellington; Mr R. G. Nonnan,. assistant commissinnw at worfce, WetongtonjMfr DlirectorGenaaadl Forests. ton;' BE? Bi. (£ IRnter,. architecf;. Wellington; BDr ID. A.I Thum;. consulting" engineer, Auck&ndj: anfi Bfim ER 'Winstone, Fwteattar off University Women, AuddsnaL

I The Prime Minister said I the council's first undertaking would be to follow up the recommendations, numbering more than 150, agreed: to adt the May conference of the Pttysical Environment Conference. The council had been structured to provide the views, experience and knowledge from a-wide cross section of the community, the Prime Munster said. Terms of reference for the council wenes— To keep under review the objectives of preserving and developing quality of the ertriraanent established after the conference on* physical environment; the policies, measures and resources necessary for their attainment; the effects on the envirorunent of the programmed suggested by other ND.C. sector councils. To advise the appropriate Ministers and the National Development Counci! on changes winch may be required from time to time to the objectives and to the poficies, measures and resources required for their attainment; including- the status* and powers of the Environmental Council itself; 1 any matters concerning i the efficiency in use of I resources required to * maintain, preserve, and 1 develop a high environmental standard; any other matter which may i be referred to it from

time to time or which it may consider merits its attention. The council’s terms of reference also require: it to co-operate with the National Development Council and its secretariat as necessary to ensure consistency between the national targets and objectives, and the objectives within the physical environment.